Cessna 185 N4871C

10 September 1978 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 10 September 1978, a Cessna 185 registered N4871C was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 September 1978
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N4871C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Anchorage, Ak → Anchorage, Ak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-4297

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLOAT EQUIPPED.A/C DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4297, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Unknown/Not Reported 211 Cessna 185 1,004 1978 4,698

Other Cessna 185 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 May 1978	Cessna 185 N1076F	Eveleth, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Jun 1978	Cessna 185 N70286	Gulkana, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
24 Oct 1978	Cessna 185F N5211R	Lafitte, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Coiled Tude Co	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1978	Cessna 185 N185JH	Carver, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 Oct 1978	Cessna 185E N2750J	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Totem Air Inc	Minor injuries	-
27 May 1978	Cessna 185F N93272	Arlington, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 1,004 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Apr 1978	Beechcraft E18S N2067C	Unknown/Nr, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1978	Douglas DC-3 N407D	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Argosy Airline	Fatal	4
18 Jul 1978	Piper PA-31 N689WW	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 May 1978	Piper PA-32 N44196	Nassau, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Alpha Sierra, I	No injuries	-
16 Jan 1978	Cessna 150 N19031	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Northen AVN LT	Fatal	1
19 Nov 1978	Lake LA-4 N2767P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

All 211 records in Unknown/Not Reported